The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported on Friday, including Microsoft, Comcast, Green Dot, Goldman Sachs and others.
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Yara International grows further in South America with OFD Holding purchase
Yara International will be expanding its South American footprint further with its agreement to acquire OFD Holding Inc from Omimex Resources Inc for USD 425 million.
Mexico's TV Azteca buys troubled soccer club Atlas
Mexican broadcaster TV Azteca purchased financially troubled soccer club Atlas on Monday in an acquisition deal valued at USD50 million, according to the club's president.
UBS offers buyback of some Puerto Rico bond fund shares
Swiss lender UBS said it will be offering to repurchase some of the shares of its Puerto Rico bond funds. The buyback program came as the commonwealth's debt lost 16% this year.
Top deals of the day - bids, mergers and acquisitions
The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported on Monday including Greece banking, Fiat, BOFA, Mechel, Saputo, RBS, Lohmann, Carlyle Group, Monte dei Paschi di Siena, Kuwait Airways, Dubai Holding, SunEdison, Blackstone, Greece National Bank, IMG Worldwide, KKR, Babcock, AMR, Orrick, BAC and Fisker Automotive.
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The government of Brazil divested its ownership stakes in two major airports to groups of multiple buyers as part of its strategy to improve the country's infrastructure in time for the World Cup.
Repsol Chairman told Bloomberg in an interview that the oil producer is willing to acquire assets in US, Canada and Northern Europe. The company is willing to spend up to USD 10 billion for the acquisitions.
Vena Resources Inc agreed to sell its 50% stake in Minergia SAC, the company's joint venture with Cameco Global Exploration Ltd, to Azincourt Uranium Inc.
Mexican homebuilder Consorcio Ara and real estate firm O'Connor Capital Partners plan to sell nine shopping malls for USD 384 million, according to sources interviewed by Bloomberg.
The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported on Thursday including Omnicom, General Motors, Deutsche Telekom, Devon Energy and others
Spanish telecom group, Telefonica, announced on Thursday that it was open to talks about mergers, acquisitions and deals to share its networks in Mexico in order to streamline its operations.
The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported on Wednesday including Telefonica Deutschland, Devon Energy, Metro AG, Devon Energy Corp and others
Colombia's second-largest bank, Banco de Bogota, will issue up to 1.3 billion pesos ($677 million) in stock on Wednesday to raise cash to pay for BBVA Panama, which it announced it was buying in July, it said on Wednesday.
Telecom Italia expects to conclude the sale and lease back of its mobile towers in Italy and Brazil next year, its chief executive said on Wednesday, along with a separate sale of some digital broadcasting assets.
